The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-04-23

And hungry aud full we hayc been;
Had days of battle and days of rest
But this memory / cling TO and love the
best
wehaye drunk from the same canteenl
For when wounded lay on the outer slope,
With my blood flowing fast, aud but little
hope
Upon which my faint spirit could lean
o. then, / remember you crawled to my
side,
And, bleeding so fast II seemed both must
have died,
We drank from the same cantoen!
MrLEs O'REILLY.
BURIED UNDER THE Snow.
The command TO which | belonged
in our mormon campaign was convey
ing live stock sufficient for the army
en- route to Salt Lake. We had 3d.
600 sheep, 1000 cattle, and 500 mules.
Near Denver we came upon natural
soda fountain bursting out of the side
of a mountain. The place was great
resort for game Of all kinds, especially
elk. IL was the llti day of May,
1857. That night our cavalry portion
OF the escort was ordered up the
mountain TO camp for the night. Not
knowing the climate, we grunlbled
and laid down under our rubber
ponchos. When we walked in the
morning IL was bitter cold and we were
unable at first TO move. We were
buried under six feet of snow, which
had fallen during the night. Thetents
of the infantry, whom we had left be-
low, were all blown down, and the
stream Of water by which they had
camped was frozen solid. All our
stock had stampeded and we were in a
great strait for three days. The sheep,
of course, could not get far, and the
cattle were soon got together, but most
of the wagon stock had got away, and
the 500 mules with their two herders
had disappeared entirely. Four days
after they joined us with one of the
men frozen in the saddle. He had to
have both legs amputated and after
ward got a big pension. The army
sutler had n lot OF whiskey along and
the commanding officer offered him
So per gallon for IL, but the rascal
wanted 81, and had the impudence
when he could not get IL 10 ask for
mules to haul IL, as his own were lost
in the storm. Well, he left the twenty
five barrels of whisky cached in the
mountain, and as we came back by
another route suppose they are buried
there still. st. Louis Giobe Democrat.
INCIDENTS OF \ GREAT WAR.
The Franco German war in 1870
brought about the reform in war cor.
respondence. At the commencement
of hostilites | was at Spicteren.
small town on the border of those two
countries. The town was held by
small body Of German Soldiers, and
on the neighboring heights was large
army OF Frenchmen. In case they at
tackled the town we had determined u
run. There is the comical as well the
tragic side always In war, and boti
these elements we experienced a
Spicteren. A young German girl hat
come to say good-by to her lover,
sergeant in the small detachment
some of ms conceived the idea tina
they should be married. Leave of ab
sence was applied for the soldier an'
granted on condition that at the hrs
sound OF the alarm he should be bacl
at his post. The ceremony com
menced, and just as the clergymer
came 10 the important part the bugl
sounded the alarm. The French ha'
commenced the attack. Hastily buck
ling on his belt the soldier ran to hi
post. Shot and shell burst over tn
town, and one crashed into the kitch
en- stove and destroyed the wedding
breakfast. We all hastily retired Z
another town a few miles of. Tha
night was still again, and we deter
mined not TO be done out Of our wed
ding, so found the soldier and girl an
next day they were married. Mex
day the battle was renewed and tn
French were repulsed.
ITEMS.
Michigan has eighty-six camps o
Sons of Veterans.
Ohio Is 10 have a soldiers home nea
sandusky, ut cost Of 100000.
The Second United States Infantr
is the oldest organization in the regu
lar army
The G.. A. II. posts Of Pennsylvani
have upwards Of half million dollar